And the World’s Prison Capital Is … LOUISIANA!!!

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2014-07-01 - Source: Food For ThinkersAmerica has the world’s highest incarceration rate. Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate of any state in America.*** Just out of curiosity, I compared Iran to Louisiana, our worst prison state at 1,341 prisoners per 100,000 people. The result: Louisiana imprisons 4.72 times as many people per capita as Iran (at 284). Indeed, Iran is actually closer to the U.K. and France than to us. Our peer nations in mass incarceration are places like Rwanda, Russia, and El Salvador.